Dog harness

Abstract

A dog harness is comprised of a torso strap encircling a dog's chest, connected to a chest strap passing around the chest of a dog, and a shoulder strap passing over the back of a dog. The chest strap is provided with a elongate linker. A leash connector is fixed to both ends of the elongate linker. When a leash is attached to either leash connector, a directional pull on the leash causes the leash connector to slide in the direction of the pull, pulling the elongate linker to the side creating a noise detectable by the animal to assist in the training of the animal. If the leash becomes tight pulling the elongate linker all the way to the side it will move the pull off the center of the dog's chest, thus decreasing the opposition reflex.

What is claimed is:  
     
       1. A harness for placement around a girth of an animal, the harness including at least one upper shoulder strap, at least one lower torso strap, two chest straps, an elongate linker terminating with at least one circular ring connector, a separate strap disposed behind the elongate linker, and an elongate linker guide that encircles the separate strap and the elongate linker to prevent the elongate linker from sagging out of position; wherein the two chest straps end at respective apertures and the elongate linker extends through both apertures; and wherein the elongate linker is adapted to generate an audible metallic sound when the elongate linker slides through the apertures. 
     
     
       2. The harness of  claim 1  wherein the elongate linker engages both chest straps, the linker passing through two apertures terminating at two circular ring connectors where each ring connector can act as a leash connector and the other as a stopper;
 wherein a pulling force directed away from the girth of the animal applied to the leash connector when the harness is in a first, larger girth position, allows movement of the elongate linker through the apertures throughout a plurality of smaller girth positions to a minimum girth position, the minimum girth position being similar to that of the girth of the animal such that it does not restrict the animal's girth or range of motion. 
 
     
     
       3. The harness of  claim 1  wherein the elongate linker engages both chest straps, the linker passing through two apertures terminating at one common circular ring connector and the elongate linker forms a continuous loop;
 wherein a pulling force directed away from the girth of the dog applied to the leash connector when the harness is in a first, larger girth position, allows movement of the elongate linker through the apertures throughout a plurality of smaller girth positions to a minimum girth position, the minimum girth position being similar to that of the girth of the animal such that it does not restrict the animal's girth or range of motion. 
 
     
     
       4. The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the girth of the animal is around the chest of the animal. 
     
     
       5. The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the movement of the elongate linker through one or both of the apertures provides a noise detectable by the animal. 
     
     
       6. The harness according to  claim 5 , wherein the noise assists in the training of the animal. 
     
     
       7. The harness according to  claim 1 , wherein the elongate linker is a chain. 
     
     
       8. The harness of  claim 7 , wherein the chain is a twist-link chain. 
     
     
       9. The harness of  claim 8 , wherein the elongate linker material is a chain having a gauge that is increased or decreased to optimise the noise detectable by the animal to achieve the optimal training response. 
     
     
       10. The harness of  claim 7 , wherein the elongate linker is formed from a linker material that optimises the noise detectable by the animal to achieve an optimal training response in the animal. 
     
     
       11. The harness of  claim 1 , wherein the shoulder strap and torso strap are attached to a first connector at about a 180° angle to form a shoulder-torso circle, and the chest strap is attached at the first connector at a 90° angle to the shoulder-torso circle. 
     
     
       12. The harness of  claim 1 , wherein there is at least one adjustment slide on each of the shoulder, torso and chest straps. 
     
     
       13. The harness of  claim 1 , where there is at least one buckle on the shoulder or torso strap. 
     
     
       14. The harness of  claim 1 , wherein two half-circle connectors are attached to the upper shoulder strap to provide a leash attachment for close quarter walking or utilizing steps to teaching off leash walking. 
     
     
       15. The harness of  claim 1 , wherein one of the apertures of the harness is in the form of a ring. 
     
     
       16. The harness of  claim 15 , wherein the ring is an O-ring. 
     
     
       17. The harness of  claim 15 , wherein the ring is a D-ring. 
     
     
       18. The harness of  claim 15 , wherein one of the circular connection rings of the harness is in the form of a ring, rectangle, or square. 
     
     
       19. The harness of  claim 18 , wherein the connector is an O-ring. 
     
     
       20. The harness of  claim 18 , wherein the connector is a D-ring. 
     
     
       21. The harness of  claim 18 , wherein the connector is a rectangle connector. 
     
     
       22. The harness of  claim 18 , wherein the connector is a square connector.